Politics

India's Supreme Court in New Delhi: According to Law Minister Kiren Rijiju, the number of pending cases across various Indian courts will reach 50 million in 2023.
Politics

India's 72-year legal case serves as Exhibit A for judicial paralysis

Lawyers say country needs creative solutions to courts' swelling backlog

4 February 2023
An Adani gas customer care center in Ahmedabad, India: The accusations swirling around the conglomerate have spawned a political dispute as well. 
Politics

India minister says Adani has 'nothing to do with' government

Finance secretary downplays risk to state investors as parliament standoff drags

3 February 2023
The allegations hitting India's Adani Group conglomerate have become a hot issue in the country's parliament. (Source photos by Getty Images and Reuters)
Politics

India opposition demands Adani probe as crisis disrupts parliament

Modi's rivals zero in on state institutions' investments in conglomerate

2 February 2023
Commuters travel in an overcrowded train on the outskirts of New Delhi on Feb. 1. India's budget calls for a significant increase in infrastructure spending. 
Economy

India pumps up infrastructure spending in last full pre-election budget

Modi government to hike capital outlays to $122bn next fiscal year

1 February 2023
Soldiers and rescue workers survey the damage after a suicide blast in a mosque in Peshawar, Pakistan.
Terrorism

Deadly Peshawar mosque attack clouds Pakistan election timeline

Leaders ask for unity against terrorism after suicide bombing kills at least 100

1 February 2023
Afghan journalist Salma Niazi, founder of The Afghan Times, attends an International Peace Conference in Peshawar, Pakistan, in November 2021. She fled Kabul last year to escape life under an increasingly restrictive Taliban government. (Courtesy of Salma Niazi)
Life

Female Afghan journalists continue their fight from abroad

Staffed by women, The Afghan Times seeks to hold the Taliban to account

1 February 2023
Greek Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis takes part in an interview on Jan. 31 in Tokyo. (Photo by Yuki Kohara)
Interview

Greek PM slams Turkey for 'sitting on the fence' over Ukraine war

Mitsotakis aims to tap Japan, India for investment after 'turning page' on debt

31 January 2023
Fishing on the Brahmaputra River in India's state of Assam: The river, also known as the Yarlung Tsangpo in Tibet and Siang in Arunachal Pradesh, is one of Asia's largest.
Politics

India's hydroelectric dam duel with China sparks local resistance

Proposed 10-GW project in Himalayan state expected to submerge two towns

31 January 2023
Workers build a flyover in Kolkata: Some economists expect India's upcoming budget to include higher capital outlays to benefit employment-generating sectors like construction.
Economy

India budget expected to mix populism, prudence before 2024 polls

Modi government to unveil package Wednesday, laying groundwork for next 25 years

30 January 2023
Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Indonesian President Joko "Jokowi" Widodo in Bali, Indonesia, on Nov. 16, 2022. Modi is managing "to amplify the voice" of India.
Comment

Why India as new superpower could spell trouble for the West

World's largest democracy drifts away from ideal as its power grows

29 January 2023
Adarsha's stall at the 2022 Ekushey Book Fair: The publisher was not granted a stall this year, apparently due to a trio of books critical of the government. (Photo courtesy of Mahbub Rahman)
Politics

Bangladesh publisher's book fair ban sparks free-speech outcry

Exclusion from nation's top literary festival seen as part of troubling pattern

29 January 2023
A crumbling home in Joshimath on Jan. 13: Land subsidence is displacing families as well as raising potential security implications in the Indian town.
Natural disasters

India's 'sinking' sacred town near China border faces dark future

Critics say ill-advised development compounds Joshimath's geological risks

28 January 2023
Taliban soldiers stand guard in Mes Aynak valley, around 40 km from Kabul, where China is eyeing massive copper reserves.
Terrorism

China's mining ambitions in Afghanistan haunted by militants

ISIS-K steps up threats and attacks as Beijing eyes oil and copper

26 January 2023
Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi, right, shakes hands with Egyptian President Abdel Fattah el-Sissi before the start of their meeting in New Delhi on Jan. 25.
International relations

India and Egypt to promote trade and investment, fight terrorism

Modi, el-Sissi concerned by disruptions to food supplies and other resources

26 January 2023
A smartphone display shows the Bangla-language Bijoy keyboard -- the product at the center of a political controversy. (Photo by Mahmud Hossain Opu)
Politics

Bangladesh smartphone keyboard touches off political controversy

'No wrongdoing,' telecom minister says of order to use his company's software

25 January 2023
China and India are both planning to invest in the development and modernization of Bangladesh's Mongla port. (Port photo courtesy of Mongla Port Authority website)
International relations

Archrivals China, India move in to fund same Bangladesh port

Officials insist powers 'will not collide'; others warn of contest for influence

24 January 2023
Laborers carry sacks of flour in the main market of Colombo in November. Sri Lanka is seeking to finalize a $2.9 billion bailout from the IMF.
Sri Lanka crisis

IMF confirms India assurances on Sri Lanka debt needed for bailout

Fund 'engaged' with other creditors for similar pledge as all eyes turn to China

24 January 2023
Acting Afghan Mines and Petroleum Minister Shahabuddin Delawar, left, exchanges documents with a CAPEIC representative at the oil extraction deal's signing ceremony in Kabul on Jan. 5.
International relations

Taliban build ties to U.S. rivals with new China oil deal

Isolated government taps resource riches to connect with outside world

19 January 2023
A woman collects garbage from a dump in Dhaka: The IMF's deputy managing director says Bangladesh should not be providing subsidies that benefit the wealthy.
Interview

Bangladesh should redirect subsidy money to help poor: IMF deputy

Antoinette Monsio Sayeh visits Dhaka ahead of board decision on $4.5bn loan

18 January 2023
Former Pakistani Prime Minister Imran Khan speaks during a news conference in Lahore on Nov. 4, 2022.
Politics

Pakistan elections seen imminent after assembly dissolutions

Polls only way out of political crisis as ex-PM Khan strikes back against Sharif

17 January 2023
People walk past stores selling consumer goods in an alley in Dharavi, Mumbai. Asia's biggest slum has been earmarked for redevelopment against the wishes of many locals.
Asia Insight

Mumbai slum residents stand up against Adani's redevelopment plan

Contract to overhaul Asia's biggest slum bagged by subsidiary of conglomerate

17 January 2023
From left: U.S. President Joe Biden, Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi, Russian President Vladimir Putin and Chinese President Xi Jinping. The power of developing countries that do not fully join the West or East camps is growing. (Nikkei montage/Getty Images/Reuters)
International relations

Collective power of developing nations creating multipolar world

Will this emerging bloc ease global tensions or deepen existing animosities?

16 January 2023
U.S. President Joe Biden and Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi chat ahead of a working session during the G-20 Summit in Bali, Indonesia, on Nov. 15, 2022.
Indo-Pacific

India will be focus of U.S. diplomacy in 2023: Kurt Campbell

White House coordinator envisions network of partnerships in the Indo-Pacific

14 January 2023
Narendra Modi greets Fumio Kishida in New Delhi in March 2022: Economic and financial governance and health are critical areas for collaboration.
Opinion

Together, Japan and India can bridge rift between G-7 and G-20

Strong ties should help to overcome differences stemming from Ukraine

13 January 2023
Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi, right, at the opening session of the Voice of Global South Summit 2023 on Jan. 12. The summit is to ensure that concerns of developing countries are not ignored by the G-20 industrial nations. (Photo courtesy of Prime Minister's Office of India)
International relations

India hosts online summit to amplify voice of Global South

PM Modi says developing nations should have 'equivalent' say on world stage

13 January 2023